'Shades of Truth' was the first BR song I heard (got some alt-radio play here), so I've got some fondness for No Substance, but I can't remember much of the deep cuts.
Putting it at #1 on your list is just insane enough to get me to spin the album for the first time in years.
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Things start strong, and then there's a lot of very catchy cheese here like 'Raise Your Voice' that gives me this eerie sense that there's a parallel universe in which BR is a German power metal band.
Perhaps a little long, maybe merge the two "killer" songs into 'The Biggest Hippy Killers in American History'.
OK, No Substance is the 3rd best '90s BR after Generator and Gray Race. I'd take it over Against the Grain and Recipe for Hate.
When Donnie Darko came out, I was working at an awful video rental store that didn't carry anything remotely indie. DD quickly became the #1 customer requested title that corporate couldn't be bothered with, unseating the previous champ Orgazmo. Had to make the trip to Scarecrow (the cool video store across town) to see what the fuss was about.
Being a fucked-up teenager feels like the end of the world, and this movie gets that. Watched it so many times that even though it's been at least a decade, it hasn't been long enough to watch again.
The director's cut died on the way back to its home planet.
I don't have it in me to make lists this year, but SpiritWorld has fucking endured. SpiritWorld makes me feel things. Mostly the desire to shoot cacodemons.
I saw one of their presentations about this in the '90s. There was talk about how Chupacabra + the Loch Ness Monster may be dinosaurs that survived the flood. Had a sing-along of "Billions of Dead Things" at the end.
5 - Stars Of Track & Field
4 - Fox In The Snow
3 - Me & the Major
2 - If You're Feeling Sinister
1 - Get Me Away
Really tough album to narrow down to 5.
The NFL should play in bubbles like this. Solve the covid-19 and traumatic brain injury problems at the same time. Also since the center has no way to snap the ball to the quarterback, everyone just tries to bop the center into the end zone.
Listening now, and it's pretty great so far. It's pay what you want, so no excuse not to check it out, other than being overwhelmed by the sheer volume of quality releases this week.
I had to listen again, but yeah, the influence is there. The hook on 'Jawbreaker' is better than anything blink have done lately(very low bar cleared). Mostly just surprised to see mainstream interest. Why this, why now? Like, is there about to be a wave of pop rappers sounding like Frankie Stubbs next? Lo-fi Weakerthans beats to chill/study to? I need to prepare myself if that's the case.
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